boy's name

Keneth

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 1,470

Ireland

#337

1976 births

Keneth is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 12 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1956, when 29 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 276,319 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1914.

Keneth over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

215
'10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Keneth by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 54
1920s 125
1930s 154
1940s 122
1950s 176
1960s 215
1970s 96
1980s 88
1990s 92
2000s 197
2010s 87
2020s (to 2025) 61

How popular is Keneth?

In 2025, Keneth was given to 12 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Keneth is used

Ireland #337 3 in 1976
United States #6,886 12 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Keneth

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Keneth also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Keneth over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Keneth

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Keneth — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Keneth

How popular is the name Keneth?

In 2025, Keneth was given to 12 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Keneth a girl's or a boy's name?

Keneth is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Keneth most popular?

Keneth peaked in 1956, when 29 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Keneth a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Keneth currently ranks #6,886 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.